Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
|
Buy Now
Show Us as We Are - Place, Nation and Identity in Jamaican Film (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,465
Discovery Miles 14 650
|
|
Show Us as We Are - Place, Nation and Identity in Jamaican Film (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Faced with the challenges that inevitably occur in small markets,
feature film production in Jamaica has been sporadic and uneven,
yet local filmmakers have succeeded in creating a small but
exciting body of work that is receiving increasing attention.
Organized as a series of discussions on a selection of the more
well-known Jamaican films, this study employs close readings of
these texts to reveal their complexity, sophistication and
artistry. The focus on the politics of identity and representation,
examined through the lens of place and nation, opens up a
conversation on how these films have contributed to, and
participate in, the discourse on Jamaican identity. Place is
understood as both constituting and reflecting identity, and is
explored within the context of the films' representation of the
postcolonial city, the dancehall, the north coast hotel and the
great house. The concern with nation is revealed as a persistent
and underlying focus that more often than not, directs our
attention to the grievous gap between rich and poor in Jamaican
society. These films' often-criticized attention to marginalized
communities plagued by problems of crime and violence can be
understood, Moseley-Wood argues, as an expression of the
postcolonial struggle to redefine place in ways that contest
hegemonic discourses that define Jamaica as hedonistic paradise as
well as challenge the unifying and homogenizing myths and
narratives of nation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.